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Thanks, Phil. I didn't think to look there. Scott

Does anyone know an e-mail address at which I can reach Henson with a general question. I've scoured their website, and all I see is the Human Resources e-mail address. I know people around here have contacted them in the past via e-mail, so can anyone help me? Thanks, Scott

Article from the LA Times. Scott Rapper Cut From Film; Activist Takes Credit Rapper Snoop Dogg has been edited out of an upcoming Muppets TV movie, and an African American activist is taking credit for the removal. Najee Ali, head of Los Angeles-based Project Islamic Hope, said he...

Drtooth Speaking of Elmo's World's daily inclusion in the show: According to what I hear, it is very uncommon to have a children's show that is an hour long. Think about it, there are none other than Sesame Street. By adding Elmo's World to the show, they are, in essence, making it a 45...

Kim I had the same question about Richard's absence in the project a while back, and Rick Lyon (a Henson puppeteer who used to be a more frequent visitor to these parts) cleared things up for me. He said that Richard's illness had nothing to do with it, and that Richard and Dave Goelz were...

You know, it's possible (speaking of the owner/landlord relationship) that one could own the theater, and the other one couild be the realtor who acts in the owner's intrest. Maybe J.P. is still the owner, but Joan acts as the owner while J.P. is away, or vice versa.

Does anyone know anything about the Japanese "Sesame Street" television show? I heard that the show is not a locally produced Japanese version (like Plaza Sesamo, or any of the international versions of the show). It is all the American Sesame Street, and that it airs in English, but the...

I was curious about Noel Blanc not too long ago, so I did an internet search, and it just happened to be around the time that Noel got married (the ceremony was on the WB lot in front of a mural of the WB cartoon characters). The articles said that Noel's main profession is licensing his...

The Muppet Show was syndicated. Syndicated programming is sold on a market-by-market basis. This means no network ran the series, but instead Lord Lew's company sold the series to individual stations all over the country. For this reason, the show might have aired on an NBC affiliate in one...

And I'm not afraid to say this . . . I also liked the animated version. Actually, the cartoon series was my first major exposure to the Fraggles. Since I later came to the puppet version, I have no complaints about the voices being different, because I didn't know any better. I must say that...

Okay, thanks Phil. Again, I am looking forward to the articles. I really enjoyed the Laughingplace.com series he did a while back. Thanks for the update. Scott

Hi MC gang, I was wondering of the series of articles that Jim Hill was to be writing for Muppet Central fell through. Weren't they slated to debut in March. I was looking forward to reading them, but all mention of the series has been removed from the website. What happened, and will we...

I can really see both sides of the Muppet Babies issue. Wasn't it Bernie Brillstein's idea to develop the show to give the Muppets a regular television presence in the mid-eighties (when the company's focus had drifted to the Creature/Fantasy projects)? The downside is that, since the...

Ben I'm not sure if you're aware, but Bob Zmuda's book has a really great account of his and Andy's experience on the set of The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show. He says some really touching things about Jim, too. I think the scenes with Andy are great. I borrowed the video from my local library...

Clifford I have to disagree with you Dan on the whole Clifford issue. I love Clifford, and think he is a good show of Kevin's abilities as a comedic performer, and a creator. I think the problem that most people have with him around here are problems with the whole series of Muppets...

Foz I was pretty sure I was right when I posted that, but after I made my post, I feared I had dreamed the whole thing up. Thanks for ensuring that I hadn't created the whole thing myself. Aah! the wonders of having a mind that can hardly do math, but can retrieve useless pop culture...

Bork Thanks for the link. That's great! Scott

The hat Didn't Fozzie say in the recent TV Guide interview that his hat is a "crushed fedora"? It seems like the interviewer asked him about his hat, calling it a Bowler (or derby), but he responded, saying that it was a fedora that had been crushed. Scott

Warrick Tell me more about this "Jim Henson singing with Frank Sinatra's Orchestra" record you have. Is this Jim singing as himself, or is he in character? Also, what year is it from, and do you know if it was released to promote a Muppet project? Sounds interesting. Scott

I saw a review in Variety, or somewhere, and one criticism that I remember is they called the songs by Paul Williams "repetitive" (or, if not that word, I got the impression they thought they all sounded similar. I remember that critisism, because I happen to agree. I remember watching the...